Tuesday
29 March 2011

A trip to Brighton
— by Unknown on Tuesday, 29 March 2011

A trip to Brighton
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It's always refreshing to visit Brighton, Britain's pleasure capital by the sea, where the vibe is so funky you can cut it with a kn...
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Monday
21 March 2011

Spring shamans
— by Unknown on Monday, 21 March 2011

Spring shamans
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This is the view from where I live, a rented flat above a shop, and you can see that the spring is well and truly under way. Oxford is justl...
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Sunday
13 March 2011

Wod
— by Unknown on Sunday, 13 March 2011

Wod
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At last I'm able to give you a bit more information about my new musical project, Wod , about which I've been a bit hesitant to say ...
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Thursday
10 March 2011

Lyric clouds
— by Unknown on Thursday, 10 March 2011

Lyric clouds
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Having worried in an earlier post about overusing the words sun, moon, silver and gold in my song-writing, I thought it would be interest...
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Monday
7 March 2011

Asclepius
— by Unknown on Monday, 7 March 2011

Asclepius
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One of the great inventions of the West has to be musical notation . That something as fleeting, abstract and intangible as music can be wri...
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